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ruefulness

/roo-fuhl/US // ˈru fəl //UK // (ˈruːfʊl) //

悲情,忧郁症,忧伤,悲痛

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : causing sorrow or pity; pitiable; deplorable: a rueful plight.
    • : feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow, repentance, or regret: the rueful look on her face.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inregret
Synonyms
anguish痛苦,痛楚,苦恼,痛苦的annoyance烦扰,烦心事,烦恼,烦人apology道歉,歉意,致歉,道歉信bitterness苦味,辛酸,苦涩,苦难concern关注,关切,关注的问题,关注问题contrition忏悔,悔恨,悔过,悔改disappointment失望,失落,失败,失意discomfort不舒服,不适,不舒服的感觉,不舒服的地方dissatisfaction不满,不满意,不满意度,不满情绪grief悲痛,悲伤,哀伤,悲痛欲绝heartache心痛,心疼,心酸,心痛的感觉heartbreak心碎,伤心事,伤心,伤心欲绝misgiving顾虑重重,顾虑,误解,忧患意识nostalgia乡愁,怀旧,怀旧情绪,怀念qualm顾虑,疑问,顾忌,遗憾remorse悔恨,忏悔,悔意,懊悔repentance忏悔,悔改,悔恨,悔过sorrow悲哀,悲痛,哀伤,悲伤uneasiness不安,不舒服,不安感,不安的感觉worry担心,忧虑,担忧,烦恼affliction痛苦,困扰,苦难,苦恼apologies歉意,歉疚,歉意的是,遗憾的是care护理,照顾,关注,关心compunction强迫症,强迫性,强迫性行为,强迫症状conscience良心,良知demur抗辩,抗议,抗辩权,抗辨dole补助金,捐助,补助,补助费lamentation哀叹,悲叹,哀叹声,哀怨pang悸动,悸動,悸动的,悸动的心penitence忏悔,告解,悔过scruple顾虑重重,顾忌,忌讳,顾虑self-accusation自我指责,自我责备,自责,自我指摘self-condemnation自我谴责,自责,自我指责,谴责自己self-disgust自我厌恶,自厌恶,自厌,自我厌恶感self-reproach自责,自怨自艾,自悔,自重woe悲哀,哀伤,哀怨,悲哀的是regretfulness遗憾,遗憾的是,后悔,悔恨

Examples

  • Rueful laughter from both men turned to thoughtfulness in Stittsworth.

  • You can only ever see it from an outsider and comment on it with the rueful wisdom of a non participant.

  • A discussion of a London cheese shop sends her into paroxysms of rueful joy.

  • But most of them must be delivered from on the peninsula, where Bob is standing, casting a rueful eye on the whole show.

  • “You can pick which lines can come out,” Spitzer said with a rueful smile.

  • Gwynne regarded the thin sole of his house shoe with so rueful a countenance that the judge laughed outright.

  • Pale, lean, taciturn and somewhat deaf, he bore much resemblance to the Knight of the Rueful Countenance.

  • By this time he was in a wholly different mood; angry with himself, and full of rueful thought about his wife.

  • At the rueful outcry, Clifford turned, just in time to see the bobbing bundle disappear in the muddy water.

  • In order to carry out my wife's orders, I had to disentangle Susan from Liosha's embrace and pack her off rueful to the nursery.